Judaism Post-Holocaust

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Judaism after the Holocaust Jewish Population in 1933: 9, 508, 340 Jewish population in 1945: 3, 546, 211 The total losses are estimated at: 5,962, 129 That is a loss of 62% of the Jewish population! What happened in Europe? Concentration camp prisoners are freed, and the world learns of Nazi horrors In this image, American Generals force civilians to witness the horrors of their former leaders Some Jews choose to stayin Europe. In 1946 there were: About 1, 000, 000 Jews in Europe Anti-semetic feelings persisted, somany Jews feared to return home, instead being moved to displacement camps This Jewish family has takenrefuge at a Red Cross camp nearBabenhausen, Germany Many Jews simply chose to flee Europe. They went to these locations: The United states (137,000) Isreal ( < 90000 ) There were many other,but those were the big 2 The Middle East / Israel After the Holocaust, the Zionistmovement gained massive amountsof support for a Jewish Homeland Zionism was a movementfor the foundation of a Jewish state in the Holy Land On May 14, 1948 this movementculminated with the founding of the state of Israel in former British palestine After defeating muslims within theirborders and a coalition of several Arab nations, most of the world recongnizedIsrael and the borders it had won The United States As stated before, nearly 137, 000 Jews entered the United states This Jewish man makes sure his identification isin order at the American refugee center based in FortOntario There are now an estimated6,500,000 Jews in the United States About 20,000 of them areHolocaust survivors Other parts of the world The soviet Union establishedan autonomous Jewish province In the Far east Asia and africa have no significant Jewish population, then or today Sources: American Holocaust Musuem (Info and Images):http://www.ushmm.org/ Simple-to-remember Judaism (Statistics):http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/world-jewish-population.htm Wikimedia (Images) Thank You for Listening